The reputation of UC Merced as a student centered research university rested on administration's success in attracting top-flight faculty. This chapter describes how this process started, through choosing the deans, then recruiting the faculty. As faculty arrived, the academic picture came into focus. Not surprisingly, the initial ideas about …

Despite the proliferation of online education, concerns remain about the quality of online programmes. Quality assurance (QA) has become a prominent issue, not only for educational institutions and accreditors, but also for students and employers alike. This paper describes some of the rather unique QA processes used at Universitas 21 Global…

Outlines the academic interview process from the institutional and faculty interviewers' perspective. Includes a checklist of issues to be considered by the interviewee. (JOW)

Given the number of times schools recruit deans who have short lives as administrators, it seems reasonable to ask if there is something wrong with the usual selection and recruitment process. The authors feel that there is something wrong with this process and after meeting with some deans, they were given some clues about the nature of the…

Anatomy departments across Africa were surveyed regarding the type of curriculum and method of delivery of their medical courses. While the response rate was low, African anatomy departments appear to be in line with the rest of the world in that many have introduced problem based learning, have hours that are within the range of western medical…

Employment routes into teaching, such as the Graduate Teacher Programme (GTP), are making an increasingly significant contribution to teacher training, but does such training provide opportunities for education in professional values? In the light of Ofsted reports which suggest that GTP trainees often bring particularly well-developed…

The present nursing faculty shortage is real and a continued shortage can be expected. Possible solutions include adding more education courses in graduate programs, obtaining increased funding for graduate education, recruiting from new areas, mentoring, giving more flexible teaching assignments, and changing the way clinical instruction is…

Describes how a combination of professional interests, sought-after expertise, and good fortune produced appealing first jobs for four new Ph.D.s in political science, philosophy, literature, and physiology. (EV)

Several recent studies have shown that a large-scale turnover is likely to occur among community college instructors over the next several years, as veteran faculty retire in large numbers. As colleges begin to experience this mass retirement, researchers and administrators must consider the side effects of a faculty turnover, especially in…

Staffing the nation's community colleges with qualified faculty is an emerging problem. The problem results from massive retirements among members of the post-WW II "baby boom" generation and intense competition from other sectors of the economy for scarce human talent. This study was a faculty-recruitment simulation designed to investigate the…

In Mexico there is no policy of lifelong learning; however, the idea of focusing on students and learning--especially on appropriate knowledge-acquisition skills at various points in one's life--is spreading through post-secondary education. Since about ten years ago, institutions of higher learning, mostly universities, have initiated…

Examines the relationships between organizational characteristics and earnings differences between male and female faculty. Results show that the greater an organization's power and autonomy, the more likely it will exercise discriminatory preferences by hiring more males and paying them higher salaries than females. (Author/JDH)

Explores the strategies used by programs accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) to recruit and retain ethnic minority faculty. Results indicated that many programs have not developed specific recruitment or retention strategies, but that mentoring was the most frequently reported…

Argues that mentoring, as a workplace learning approach, can be used to address some of problems associated with the recruitment and attrition of academic staff in Australian higher education. Presents a strategy for how mentoring can be used within an academic environment and benefits that can be expected as a result of its successful…

Profiles an economist, a literary scholar, a bioinformatics researcher, and an expert on Islam who found good jobs in a tight academic market. (EV)